Christian B.

Christian Benjamin is a featured youth soccer coach for travel, state, and premiere organizations. He has coached both men and women college soccer and has been the assistant soccer coach and goalkeeper coach for the division 1 men's soccer program Central Connecticut State University Mens Soccer. He is also the head goalkeeper coach for CJSA Olympic Development Program. Christian holds NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma and USSF National C coaching certification. No athlete is too young or old to learn the beatiful game. Christian coaches field players and goalkeepers from developing youth U9 players through college athletes and to professional.

Goalkeeper for Bryant University from 1993 -1997. Continued to play and coach in the highest amateur/semi pro leagues in the Boston area while working professionally in Boston. Christian helps goalkeepers, field players, and parents across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia with training and recruiting.

Training sessions are designed and goals are set based on the needs, age, and number of sessions needed by the goalkeeper or field player. Sessions are typically 1 hour long and conducted in West Hartford CT area. Christian will reinforce the technical needs of goalkeepers as well as field player and sharpen decision making skills through complex game situations. Simple to complex training situations will be created to build confidence and challenge developmental to advanced athletes.

For goalkeepers sessions can include handling, angles and positioning, footwork, collapse and grass cutter saves, deflecting vs. catching, high balls, varying breakaway situations, and communication. Very competitive and fast paced.

Field player training focus on controlling their body and the ball and speed of play. Heavy emphasis on footskills and protecting the ball under pressure. Pressure could be spacing, timing, or another athlete.

All training is designed to make the athlete think and solve mental and physical challenges. I build team leaders.